| − | The North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is an organization which promotes [[homosexual]] [[pedophilia]] relations on young boys, and actively seeks the overturn of [[statutory rape]] laws. Specifically, they seek to change ''[[age of consent]]'' laws which require that a child be of a certain age (which varies by state) before they can agree to sexual intercourse. NAMBLA also engages in activities against law enforcement of pedophilia, and has stymied efforts of officers to effect arrests of wanted individuals world-wide; one famous case was Eric Franklin Rosser, a one-time keyboard player for rockstar John Cougar Mellencamp. Rosser was added to the FBI's most wanted list, as well as profiled on the television show ''America's Most Wanted'', and was continually warned by NAMBLA members as to police efforts in locating him while on the run in Europe. He was finally captured in Bangkok, Thailand on August 21, 2001.<ref>Authors unknown, "[http://www.americasmostwanted.com/fugitives/capture.cfm?id=25084 Eric 'Doc' Franklin Rosser]," ''America's Most Wanted'', capture no. 680. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> | + | The North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is an organization which promotes [[homosexual]] pedophilia relations on young boys, and actively seeks the overturn of [[statutory rape]] laws. Specifically, they seek to change ''[[age of consent]]'' laws which require that a child be of a certain age (which varies by state) before they can agree to sexual intercourse. NAMBLA also engages in activities against law enforcement of pedophilia, and has stymied efforts of officers to effect arrests of wanted individuals world-wide; one famous case was Eric Franklin Rosser, a one-time keyboard player for rockstar John Cougar Mellencamp. Rosser was added to the FBI's most wanted list, as well as profiled on the television show ''America's Most Wanted'', and was continually warned by NAMBLA members as to police efforts in locating him while on the run in Europe. He was finally captured in Bangkok, Thailand on August 21, 2001.<ref>Authors unknown, "[http://www.americasmostwanted.com/fugitives/capture.cfm?id=25084 Eric 'Doc' Franklin Rosser]," ''America's Most Wanted'', capture no. 680. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> |
| | NAMBLA was defended by the [[ACLU]] in a $200 million civil lawsuit<ref>Deroy Murdock, [http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp No Boy Scouts: The ACLU defends NAMBLA]", ''National Review Online'', February 27, 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> brought by the parents of a 10 year old murder victim; the parents claimed the killers were motivated by material accessible on the NAMBLA website. | | NAMBLA was defended by the [[ACLU]] in a $200 million civil lawsuit<ref>Deroy Murdock, [http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp No Boy Scouts: The ACLU defends NAMBLA]", ''National Review Online'', February 27, 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> brought by the parents of a 10 year old murder victim; the parents claimed the killers were motivated by material accessible on the NAMBLA website. |